Strathclyde valley

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Strathclyde valley is a historic region in southwestern Scotland centered on the River Clyde, long associated with the early medieval Kingdom of Strathclyde.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
River Clyde valley 1
Strathclyde valley canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic region
valley
adjacentTo Firth of Clyde
associatedWith Kingdom of Strathclyde
contains Clyde estuary region
linked to: Clyde estuary

lower course of the River Clyde
country Scotland
etymology "Clyde" from a Brittonic river name
linked to: Clyde coast

"Strath" meaning broad valley in Scottish Gaelic
hasEconomicRole industrial corridor along the Clyde
historicalAssociation Kingdom of Alt Clut
Strathclyde Britons
historicalContinuityWith Clyde Valley
historicallyInhabitedBy Brittonic peoples
linked to: Celtic tribes
historicalPeriod early medieval period
historicKingdomCapital Dumbarton
historicKingdomCentre Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock)
linked to: Dumbarton Rock
knownFor shipbuilding heritage on the Clyde
languageOfHistoricKingdom Cumbric
linked to: Cumbric language
laterInfluencedBy Gaels
Norse
Scots
locatedIn Lowlands of Scotland
southwestern Scotland
locatedOnRiver River Clyde
modernAdministrativeOverlap Glasgow City
Inverclyde
North Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire
modernUrbanCentre Glasgow
namedAfter River Clyde
partOf Clyde basin
historic southwest Scotland
regionType cultural region
historical region

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Britons of Strathclyde coreTerritory Strathclyde valley
Arthgal ap Dyfnwal regionRuled River Clyde valley
linked to: Strathclyde valley